Web Accessibility

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are rules for designing universally accessible web pages - developed by Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Section 508 (www.section508.gov) is part of the Rehabilitation Act and a public law intended to end discrimination against people with disabilities
Several countries, including Norway, have adopted the rules as has the United Nations.
norge.no kriterier for kvalitetsvurdering av offentlige nettsteder
- del 1 tilgjengelighet
Diskriminerings- og tilgjengelighetsloven §11 Plikt til universell utforming av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (IKT)

Why use WAI guidelines?

Web pages for everyone!
Other benefits:
- Web pages will be found by Google and other search engines
- Web pages will be easier to use for us all
- Law suits are avoided

Must be followed otherwise several groups of people will not have access to information in the documents
Should be followed otherwise one or several groups of people will have problems with access to information in the documents
Can be followed otherwise one or several groups of people will have some problems with access to information in the documents

High Accessibility Is Effective Search Engine Optimization
by Andy Hagans: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/accessibilityseo/

Web Design Best Practices Checklist
by Terry Felke-Morris: http://terrymorris.net/bestpractices/